[2025 Jinzhong Attraction] Travel Guide for Yuci Old City (Updated Mar)

💚💛❤️ There are many New Year activities at Yuci Ancient City, from 9 am to 9 pm. You need to buy a ticket to visit, which costs more than CNY 40 and can only be used once. I went there on the afternoon of the ninth day of the first lunar month. There were many people, but it was not too crowded. You can still see the performances. It was quite cold when the wind blew, so I suggest you go on a warm day. I watched several performances, including "Phoenix Flying Over Yuci," in which an actress flew over from the air and performed "Heavenly Maid Scattering Flowers." There was also a lion dance performance, with yellow and red lions shaking their heads, which was also very interesting. There were also traditional musical instrument performances and dance performances. 💜💖💙

Here is a travel guide for Yuci Ancient City: 🏞️Attractions: • Yuci Ancient City is a historic cultural city with many ancient buildings and cultural sites. • Stroll along the ancient streets and feel the rich historical atmosphere. • Visit the City God Temple, County Government Office, and Fengming Academy to learn about ancient politics, culture, and education. • Enjoy traditional opera performances, such as Yuci Yangge and Jin Opera. • Taste local specialties, such as Yuci Sausage and Pingyao Bowl Cake. 🍽️Food Recommendations: • Yuci Sausage: Smooth texture with special sauce, very delicious. • Pingyao Bowl Cake: A traditional noodle dish with a chewy texture, served with chili oil, vinegar, and other condiments, very appetizing. • Taigu Cake: Sweet and delicious, one of Shanxi's traditional pastries. • Yuci Aged Vinegar: Buy some aged vinegar as a souvenir and taste the authentic flavor of Shanxi. 🏨Accommodation Suggestions: • There are many hotels and homestays near Yuci Ancient City to choose from, you can book according to your budget and preferences. • If you like to experience local traditional culture, you can choose to stay in a homestay in the old city. 🚗Transportation Guide: • Yuci Ancient City is located in Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, with convenient transportation. • You can take a bus, taxi, or drive there. • If you are departing from Taiyuan, you can take a bullet train or long-distance bus to Yuci Station, and then transfer to a bus or taxi to the ancient city. 🗓️Visiting Time: • Recommended visiting time is 2-3 hours to fully appreciate the architecture and culture of the ancient city. • If you want to learn more about the history and culture of Yuci, you can plan more time. 💰Budget: • Tickets: Yuci Ancient City is free to enter, but some attractions require separate tickets. • Transportation and dining costs: Depending on personal choice. • Accommodation costs: Vary depending on the grade and room type of the selected hotel or homestay. Notes: • Yuci Ancient City is a historical and cultural protection area, pay attention to protecting ancient buildings and the environment. • When tasting food, choose reputable restaurants to ensure food safety. • Pay attention to the weather and take sun protection and warmth measures. I hope this guide helps you have a great time in Yuci Ancient City! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me.

|There are city towers, county yamens, and bluestone streets. Yuci Old Town, located in Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, is an ancient city with a long history and profound cultural heritage. Walking into Yuci Old Town is like traveling through a time tunnel, feeling the precipitation of ancient civilization and the traces of time. The first thing that comes into view is the city tower, which is like the heart of the old city, extending four streets in the east, west, south, and north. On the East Street in the east, the Chenghuang Temple stands majestically. Yuci County Yamen on the west section of East Street on the north side, this is the only state-scale yamen preserved in the country. In the southeast corner of the county yamen, there is also a Sifeng Building. This is a brick and wood structure building in the Song Dynasty. It is said that there are beautiful legends here, which adds a mysterious color to this building. There are also ancient city walls, which are the iconic buildings of Yuci Old Town. It surrounds the entire ancient city, tall and thick, and has not fallen for thousands of years. It shows the exquisite ancient architectural craftsmanship and the crystallization of ancient wisdom. Climbing the city wall, looking around, you can enjoy the full view of the ancient city, feeling the heaviness and precipitation of ancient civilization. The streets in the ancient city still retain the ancient style. The bluestone streets on both sides are old buildings, mottled walls, and flying eaves. Every place exudes a strong historical atmosphere. Walking on the streets of the ancient city, it seems to be in the ancient picture scroll, feeling the life and wisdom of the ancients. Tickets: No tickets are required to enter the ancient city. It is recommended to buy a package ticket (78 yuan) for internal attractions, including Chenghuang Temple, County Yamen, Confucian Temple, Fengming Academy, etc. Opening hours: 8:00-17:00

Look at historical China, come to Yuci Old Town, it's worth visiting Yuci, with nearly 3000 years of city-building history; In the Spring and Autumn period, it was called Tushui, Weiyu, and Zhongdu, and in the Warring States period, it was renamed Yuci; The existing old city was built in the second year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui Dynasty (582 AD) on the site of the old Han city. The story of "Wei Jiang and Rong" in the Spring and Autumn period happened in the Yuci area. It was the first time in Chinese history that a dispute was resolved peacefully, becoming a landmark of China's "peace culture". Important figures such as Zhao State minister Lin Xiangru, Later Han Emperor Liu Zhiyuan, Song Dynasty prime minister Kou Zhun, and Ming Dynasty honest official Chu Fu were all born in Yuci. Yuci has a superior geographical location and has long been known as the "dry dock". It has always been a hub for north-south distribution and a gathering place for merchants. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Chang family of Chewang who opened the Tea Road, and the Wang family of Niedian who had banks all over the country, together with merchants from Qixian, Taigu, and Pingyao, created the world-renowned miracle of Jin merchants. The existing Chang Family Manor is known as "China's No. 1 Confucian Merchant Family", making Yuci an important birthplace of Jin merchant culture. Due to historical reasons, many buildings in the old city gradually disappeared. In 2000, Geng Yanbo was transferred to Yuci, Jinzhong City, to initiate the restoration of the old city. After the restoration, the city has many historical and cultural attractions such as the City God Temple, County Office, Confucian Temple, Fengming Academy, North and South Streets, City Tower, Sifeng Tower, Qingxu Pavilion, Dasheng Temple, and West Garden, with more than 50 films and TV dramas filmed here.

Jinzhong Yuci Ancient City. Yuci Old City covers an area of 1 million square meters, with ancient buildings and garden buildings covering 600,000 square meters. Inside the old city, there are many ancient buildings such as the City God Temple, the County Government Office, the Confucian Temple, the Fengming Academy, the North and South Streets, and the City Tower. Yuci is one of the ancient cities in Shanxi, serving as the southern gate of the provincial capital Taiyuan, and is known as a significant town in the south of Taiyuan. It costs only two yuan for a train ticket from Taiyuan to Yuci, which is quite convenient. Having seen the prosperity of many provincial capital cities, one might forget the hidden treasures in small towns. My first visit to Yuci left me captivated by the culture hidden within its exquisite buildings.

The ancient cities of Shanxi are numerous Datong, Pingyao, Xinzhou, Jiexiu, Yuncheng The only one known as the 'Ghost City' is Yuci Old Town... Looking at the navigation map, Yuci seems to be closer to Taiyuan, no wonder the people of Shanxi call Yuci the southern gate of Taiyuan. The old city was built on the site of the old Han City during the Sui Dynasty's Kaihuang era. It has the flavor of Pingyao, but today's Yuci Old Town, most of the buildings are renovated to look old. To call it an old town is still appropriate, at least it doesn't claim to be an ancient city... 📸Highlights ✅ Yuci City God Temple: One of the world's 100 most exquisite ancient buildings ✅ Yuci County Government Office: The number one government office in Sanjin ✅ Yuci Confucian Temple: The Lingxing Gate feels like it's originally from the Song Dynasty ✅ Qingxu Pavilion: The Bagua (Eight Trigrams) caisson ceiling is beautiful Yuci Old Town is not big, just one street across and one street down. The City God Temple is worth a look, the rest you can probably just glance at from the outside. On a big weekend, there are hardly any tourists in the old town, shops are closed, there's nothing to eat or drink, weeds are growing on the ground, and there are many 'large entertainment facilities' in front of the City God Temple, which seem out of place. Is this the so-called blend of ancient and modern? And they dare to charge 78 yuan for admission? I've been to Xinzhou Ancient City, and in terms of ancient architecture, it's not as good as Yuci, but in terms of popularity, the free Xinzhou Ancient City is bustling with visitors... That's what you call a living old town. Yuci was once called Fengcheng I just hope it doesn't become the 'young phoenix' in the story of 'Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix'‼️

I've been to Yuci Old Town many times, but I still love its ancient architecture the most! Yuci Old Town, located in Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, was built on the site of the old city in the second year of Sui Kaihuang (AD 582), and has a history of 1400 years, mainly with Ming and Qing architecture. The brick and tile buildings of Yuci Old Town, each with its own beautiful shape, exquisite brick carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings, and colored paintings: the muscular statues in front of the City God Temple, the exquisite hollow wood carvings in the West Garden, the colored paintings of Yuci County Yamen, the first building in the world standing in the C position, etc., vividly tell the vicissitudes of the years and the accumulation of heavy history. Yuci Old Town is free, and the small scenic spots inside need to buy tickets, 60 yuan. Departing from Taiyuan, take the 901 branch line at the train station directly to the old city, the fare is 3 yuan.

Yuci Old Town Yuci is one of the ancient cities of Shanxi, the southern gate of the provincial capital Taiyuan, known as the town of Henan. There is a bus from Taiyuan Railway Station directly to Yuci Old Town. After getting off the bus, it is the archway. The Old Town is free to open, but there are 6 paid attractions to buy tickets. The ancient city is mainly two old streets with crisscrosss, all of which are architectural styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but there are not many tourists, and business is not prosperous. All the attractions are on these two streets, there are ancient colleges, old county plaques, temples, and the two scenic spots of Yuci County and Fengming Academy are worth visiting. There are many local snacks on the old street. The restaurants here are mostly noodles, and the various noodles in Shanxi are delicious. As early as the Warring States period, the history book has a record of Yuci Cheng Guo. The Yuci Old Town was built in the second year of the Kaihuang Emperor (AD 582) and has been built on the site of Seoul. It has a history of more than 1,400 years. The old city of Friday, Gao Sanzhang, Jiguang Sizhang, Shangguang Erzhang, Chikuo and Gao, Deep Half has been completely preserved until the 1940s.

Yuci Old Town is located in Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It was built in the second year of the ancient city (AD 582) and has been built on the site of the ancient city. It has a history of 1400 years. It is a city built according to traditional Chinese planning ideas and architectural styles. It is the crystallization of the ingenuity and perseverance of the working people of ancient China.